Question

SPEEDBOAT RACE Speedboats race around four buoys in the lake on a rectangular course. If the total length of the course is 2.4

kilometers and the ratio of the length to the width is 2:1, what are the length and width of the course?
length:
width:

Answer 1

Let's represent the width of the rectangular course as $w$. Then the length of the rectangular course can be represented as $2w$, since the ratio of the length to the width is given as 2:1.

We know that the total length of the course is 2.4 kilometers, so we can write an equation:

$\sf\implies\:2w + 2(2w) = 2.4$

Simplifying the equation:

$\sf\implies\:6w = 2.4$

$\sf\implies\:w = \frac{2.4}{6}$

$\bigstar\implies\sf{\textbf{\boxed{w = 0.4}}}$

Therefore, the width of the course is 0.4 kilometers.

The length of the course is $\sf\:2w = 2(0.4)=$

${\boxed{\sf{0.8 kilometers.}}}$

Hence, the length of the course is 0.8 kilometers and the width of the course is 0.4 kilometers.

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